Microsoft vs. Java

Last month, JavaSoft announced that Microsoft's Java Software Development
Kit (SDK) and Netscape Java plug-in were in violation of their Java
license and gave the company two weeks to remove the offending code from
their Web site. Microsoft let the two weeks go by without removing the
SDK (the Java plug-in is still incomplete) and will only comment that
they are still in talks with JavaSoft.
With JavaSoft's efforts to turn Java into a standard, and the recent
friction between the two companies, this deadlock could have interesting
ramifications. Microsoft's Windows represents more seats than all other
Java platforms combined and Microsoft is the one company who can stand
up to the people that actually created Java and win. Whether this is a
good thing remains to be seen: JavaSoft's "100% Pure Java" campaign could
prove pointless if Microsoft doesn't come along for the ride